“The findings of this project serve as a wake-up call“, said Matthias Kloth, Head of the Digital Governance and Sport Department at the Council of Europe, on Thursday 13 February, at the presentation of the report on the joint (EU-Council of Europe) project “All In Plus: Promoting greater gender equality in sport”. This is a report published on the occasion of a conference held on 13 and 14 February in Luxembourg.
The study involves 21 partner countries, including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
It covers several key areas: leadership: only 12% of sports federations have female presidents and 29% have female vice-presidents on their board of directors; training: 23% of coaches are women, varying from country to country, with Sweden at 34% and Malta at 40%; officiating: 32% of sports officials are women, only 8% in Austria; participation: 31% of members in sports federations are women, with the percentage at 50% in Finland; media representation: only 35% of sports organisations have taken action to achieve a balance, with Austria (65%) and Spain (59%) standing out positively.
When it comes to gender equality programmes, 67% of federations include these in their long-term plans, but only 34% have written policies and action plans.
Progress has been made in preventing gender-based violence, with 39% of federations having written policies (25% in 2019). However, only 33% allocate funds to these policies and support mechanisms are underdeveloped (37%), reflecting a gap between commitment and concrete action.
Link to the analytical report: https://aeur.eu/f/fhx (Original version in French by Véronique Leblanc)